The National Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, a public welfare institution, was approved by the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management on July 21, 2022, and September 15, 2022, respectively. It is located at No. 29 Xiba He Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Relying on the Emergency General Hospital and led by its Party committee, the center has a clear functional positioning. The hospital focuses on clinical services, undertaking the center's medical, research, and educational training tasks. The center emphasizes discipline development, expert team building, network information management, and a medical - education - research ecosystem. Guided by the National Health Commission, it collaborates with local occupational disease hospitals to form a pneumoconiosis alliance, pooling medical resources to enhance the treatment of complex pneumoconiosis cases and fostering a complementary development model. It also regularly conducts occupational disease prevention publicity and training to improve the diagnostic capabilities of local occupational disease hospitals and boost the pneumoconiosis diagnosis and treatment sector.

The center's construction has driven the development of occupational medicine, enhancing its professional capabilities, economic benefits, and national influence. It has also promoted the respiratory medicine department's capabilities, especially in pneumoconiosis treatment, large - volume lung lavage, and bronchoscopic interventional therapy, which have significant domestic influence. The thoracic surgery department is well - known domestically for treating pneumoconiosis with tumorsbullae. The cardiology department's research on pneumoconiosis - related cor pulmonale diagnosis is domestically leading. The clinical examination and pathology departments provide strong support for pneumoconiosis diagnosis and research, all contributing to the center's high - quality development.